The 2009 edition of the BWF Fire Door Scheme Directory is now available.The directory lists all companies in the scheme who have sought and achieved independent 3rd party certification for ... Read more »
The BWF has secured funding from WRAP and BRE Trust to run pilot studies on how the joinery industry and its supply chain can reduce the amount of wood waste it produces and improve efficiency. ... Read more »
The Government has made changes to its Credit Insurance Top-up Scheme as a result of feedback from business. The three changes are: (1) The price of the top-up cover will be reduced from 2% ... Read more »
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is writing to half a million companies and tax agents this month, to alert them to important changes to Corporation Tax (CT) filing. The mail-shot contains a new ... Read more »
The WITForum has announced that its next round of Management and Supervisory Seminars will be held next month (September) in Loughborough. The two-day course on the 22nd and 23rd September is ... Read more »
The Equality Bill has been through its second reading in the House of Commons. The Bill, if enacted, would both harmonise and overhaul the law on discrimination. The Bill has now completed the ... Read more »
Last month’s Renewable Energy Strategy once again raised the question of what the timber industry should be doing to reduce of the amount of wood waste going to landfill. As mentioned ... Read more »
The latest round of regional health and safety workshops are scheduled to take place accross the country over the coming months. Four sessions will take place covering risk assessment ... Read more »
Thanks to the input of the WITForum, CITB-ConstructionSkills has reversed its decision to remove grants joinery companies receive for On-Site Assessment and Training (OSAT). At a meeting held in ... Read more »
Our friend and colleague John Hedgecock died yesterday morning (17 August) after battling cancer for the past two years. John had led the BWF’s technical team since 1993 and was ... Read more »
